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ATTACK OF
THE |
REVIEW
by Phoenix
Otaku
The
evil alien race, the Zzyaxian's, have abducted docile camels from Egypt and
the middle-east and mutated them into 90 foot laser spitting creatures of destruction.
The game looks and plays almost as absurdly as it sounds, and leads me to believe
that the creators were as high as the spacecraft in the sky!
You as the player, fly around the "landscape",
shooting the camels whilst dodging their "lasers". You must defeat
them all before they reach the end of the landscape, and thus wreaking evil
camel hell on the humans, if you can imagine that. Also, as I played the game,
I couldn't help hoping that if I flew low enough, I could attach a rope to the
beast and fly around its legs, tangling them and making them topple over...
The
main game settings are however, quite versatile. There are 6 difficulty levels
- "Real Cool; Fer Sure; Getting' Heavy; Far Out, Man; Intense; and Like
Wow!!!!". The names themselves speak volumes, I think. Also, you can change
the power of the blaster, from 1 to 8, making it easier or harder to destroy
each camel. Multiplayer mode is simply taking it in turns the play the game.
Whenever one player dies, play switches to the next.
The controls themselves are a pain. The more you fly one
direction the faster you go, but you don't stop or slow down, you have to fly
the opposite direction, which makes it incredibly difficult to attack a camel
without overshooting them. At best, you can get one shot in before pulling up
or crashing into the camel (or rather, bouncing off it unspectacularly). If
you're lucky, you can make your ship stop and get a few more shots in.
Music
is absent, and sound is basic, although the sound of the camels stomping does
add a little suspense.
I can't comment on replayability. I didn't want to play it longer than 5 minutes,
as it was. But other than attempting the game on different difficulty and blaster
power, I can't see much replayability in it.
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"Camels
on Crack"
(2/10) |
GAME
TIPS
The best advice
is to keep moving to avoid the camel's laser spit, but try to slow down in order
to get as many shots as possible into your target. Always aim to destroy the
camel nearest to your base (far right on the overhead map), as the game will
be over as soon as one reaches it.
Alternate Covers:
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Mastertronic
(1987) JOYSTICK
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Other Versions:
The original inspiration for Attack of the Mutant Camels comes from Parker Brothers' - 'Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back', released on the Atari 2600 console in 1982. |
A Sequel to Attack of the Mutant Camels called Revenge of the Mutant Camels, was released on the Atari 8-bit under the title Revenge II. |
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